Just came back from the arena and am Waiting for my dinner.
Sorry to hear that the last match wasn't broadcast .it is a must see for the Malaysian fans. Kkk and tbh were almost at their best this match€‚koo was extremely shape today outplaying cai at net in the first set .a few brilliant drive placements by koo and tan caught cai and foo out of position several .foo was always push and late to get to shuttles as kkk always able to find space to drive the shuttles to his backhand.cai and foo were not able to take much advantage ,push a few shuttles out and lost with a surprisingly huge margin.21-11 for kkk tbh

In the second set, cai changed his serve return and able to start competing the net with koo.what make this match impressive is tan was able to force weak return from foo while returning serve forcing weak lifts from foo .realizing this foo started to flick serve koo and tan twice and able to keep their leading the early stage.what amazing is koo and tan changed their tactics after interval driving cai off the net.a few unbelievable dives and return from koo and tan(koo changed his racket in the middle of The rally) send the Malaysian crowd wild .in the end it was the brilliant drives game from koo and tan that changed the set around .this is the first time I saw foo got dumbfold and didn't know how to react during rally.a very brilliant play by the malaysians!

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argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u r so lucky!! no broadcast for the best match of the day for us..

Just got back home from a day out to see the semi finals. Not disappointed at all, and great to see Malaysia represented well in the final round.

Really enjoyed the MD. As Icleing says above, Koo-Tan played really well and managed to force many errors from the Chinese pair. At one point I thought Cai-Fu were going to win the second set, but Koo-Tan held themselves together, stayed organized and came back to win. Cai-Fu hit too many drive returns out which lost them the second set, although they did catch Koo-Tan out with a few flick serves.

Also enjoyed the MS between Chen Long and Lee Chong Wei.

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I'm so envious u were there in the arena...can imagine the atmosphere at the NIA then...though I was only seeing the livescore,still heart was beating fast!!

Just came back from the arena and am Waiting for my dinner.
Sorry to hear that the last match wasn't broadcast .it is a must see for the Malaysian fans. Kkk and tbh were almost at their best this match€‚koo was extremely shape today outplaying cai at net in the first set .a few brilliant drive placements by koo and tan caught cai and foo out of position several .foo was always push and late to get to shuttles as kkk always able to find space to drive the shuttles to his backhand.cai and foo were not able to take much advantage ,push a few shuttles out and lost with a surprisingly huge margin.21-11 for kkk tbh

In the second set, cai changed his serve return and able to start competing the net with koo.what make this match impressive is tan was able to force weak return from foo while returning serve forcing weak lifts from foo .realizing this foo started to flick serve koo and tan twice and able to keep their leading the early stage.what amazing is koo and tan changed their tactics after interval driving cai off the net.a few unbelievable dives and return from koo and tan(koo changed his racket in the middle of The rally) send the Malaysian crowd wild .in the end it was the brilliant drives game from koo and tan that changed the set around .this is the first time I saw foo got dumbfold and didn't know how to react during rally.a very brilliant play by the malaysians!

It was getting even more vibrant as more Malaysian students from all over the UK filled the Arena, complete with the customary battlegear aka whistles, Malaysian kompang drums (now how did they get that inside the NIA, I wonder), supporter uniforms, more flags of different sizes, and of course, the placards.

Chinese supporters had grown in numbers too, with more huge red flags waving at various parts of the stadium.

The crowd were treated to a great display. Even in matches that were supposed to be foregone conclusions, Marc Zweibler and the Danish girls showed what true grit meant, and thus earned a lot of respect from the fans and their opponents.

On the adjacent court, however, all the matches pretty much went to form. But again, the Wang Xin vs Wang Shixian match probably wasn't too convincing. Wang Shixian won a bit too easily, and from 3-9 down too.

The German XD pair gave some decent fight against Ma Jin/Xu Chen, but I feel that Bridget Michels doesn't really combine well with Michael Fuchs. The scoreline may be close by the match wasn't.

Similar case too with cute Eriko Hirose and Petya Nedelcheva. Cute Eriho had the match in the bag, so much that she could afford to donate 6-7 points off Nedelcheva's baseline in the 2nd game alone. Not the recipe to beat WSX, surely .....

The two Japanese pairs played some long rallies and as expected the less fatigued aka as the pair who didn't play the Chinese in the previous round won. Today, their defences will be tested by Wang Xiaoli.

Boe and Mogensen's matchup against Guo Zhendong and Chai Biao was a bit of a joke really. I dare say that if the Chinese weren't faulted too many times in the 1st game, the outcome could have been much different. Not to say that the service judge is incorrect, of course. But by the 2nd game, the Chinese must have been thinking that even the officials are dead set against them. Their will to fight on was broken.

Sudket and Saralee had it easy against Hendra Setiawan and Anastasia Russkikh. No need for tongue lashing or additional coffee breaks too. Hendra is just not in his best form this tournament.

LCW vs Chen Long was a pretty good workout. Driven by the "I Love Lee" signboard shown by the enthusiastic Malaysians, it was a "controlled demolition job". Chen Long deserves mention for making a decent fight out of it. At least he didn't look blank and out of ideas.

The last match not shown on TV was a great cliffhanger, but only on the 2nd game. On the 1st, Cai Yun decided to come to work late. Koo Kien Kiat had all the time he needed to dictate the net. Although the Chinese did get as close as 10-12 in one occasion, their game crumbled again and the placement smashes and angled drives from Tan Boon Heong had more brainpower than normal to force wild returns. Their defences held well to Fu Haifeng's pile driver too, something not see since the Paris World Championships final.

The 2nd is when the Chinese fully woke up and Cai Yun started moving forward. Coupled with some decent flick serves from Fu Haifeng that caught the Malaysians out, the Chinese came through by 3 pts at the break. But the Malaysians were not going to let go and started moving Cai Yun back. It was touch and go all the way and there were some heart-stopping moments as both pairs traded extremely weak serves. Finally the Malaysians nailed it on their 2nd matchpoint to huge cheers from the fans.

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